tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107741264578130285.post6998662532776321434..comments2023-04-12T08:38:17.603-04:00Comments on RIMATARA: Introducing myself, and some comments on socialismsamrochahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17819664824559433157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107741264578130285.post-4597412162186529292009-01-19T15:29:00.000-05:002009-01-19T15:29:00.000-05:00It's a common fallacy that socialism involved plac...It's a common fallacy that socialism involved placing the means of production in the hands of the state, and you're correct that Marx refers to workers and not the state.<BR/><BR/>The "socialism" or "communism" that became the bugaboo of America under the Soviet Union is really national socialism - fascism. Fascism conflated the people, party and state into one being in a way that true socialism would not.<BR/><BR/>Just as the "communism" of China today is simply a brand name for a massive, state-run capitalism, the "communism" of the Soviet Union was simply a brand name for an ugly, ethnically chauvinist fascism.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15066039848031168637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3107741264578130285.post-25413192047704614822009-01-19T13:12:00.000-05:002009-01-19T13:12:00.000-05:00Thanks and welcome Joan. I think this socialist be...Thanks and welcome Joan. I think this socialist bend is a good one to have here since it seems to have avoided the usual polemics we too often engage in.samrochahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17819664824559433157noreply@blogger.com